Commission spokeswoman Miriam Garcia Ferrer told PAP on Tuesday evening that the European Commission welcomes the agreement between Poland and Ukraine on Ukrainian grain.
We welcome this announcement as a first step to address the current situation. However, we do not change our position that unilateral action is unacceptable. We will continue to work with the Member States concerned and with the Ukrainian authorities. EC Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will discuss this during his talks on April 19 with the Ukrainian authorities and five Member States
said Ferrer.
The main purpose of the Solidarity Routes was to provide Ukraine with alternative routes for the export of agricultural and other products, to ensure the functioning of the Ukrainian economy in the context of the blockade of the Black Sea ports. It is therefore important to ensure that there is real transit and that this grain goes to the countries where it is most needed
— she pointed out, adding that these are developing countries that are still struggling with the situation of increased food prices due to the instability caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Polish-Ukrainian agreement
Talks with Ukraine on the transport of grain have been successful. Ukrainian grain passing through Poland will be transported and controlled by the SENT system, Agriculture Minister Robert Telus announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
We have successfully concluded talks with the Ukrainian side on the transit of products from Ukraine through Poland
– said the minister after the working meeting of representatives of the government of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine on this issue. On the Ukrainian side, the conference was attended by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economy Yuliia Svyrydenko and Minister of Agriculture Mykoła Solski, and on the Polish side – in addition to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Robert Telus, Minister of Development and Technology Waldemar Buda.
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Telus recalled that a ban on the import of Ukrainian agri-food products was introduced into Poland on Saturday. “We were forced to do this because the European Union turned a blind eye to the problem we had with Poland importing large amounts of grain and other products,” explains Telus.
We managed to establish such mechanisms that ensure that not a ton of grain (from Ukraine – PAP) remains in Poland, and that goods are transported through Poland on their way. (…) First of all, there will be a convoy for a while, a convoy of any transport through Poland
– said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. He also announced that by July the entire grain surplus, ie about 4 million tons, will leave Poland to make way for grains from the new crop.
Telus noted that the SENT monitoring system will be introduced in the transit of grain from Ukraine. fuel transportation. In addition, shipments of Ukrainian grain through Poland will be sealed with electronic seals with the GPS system.
They thank the Ukrainian side for wanting to help us with this, for finding a solution to safeguard the interests of the Polish farmer.
Telus said.
The Minister of Development and Technology, Waldemar Buda, has announced that the transport of agricultural products from Ukraine through Poland will start from midnight on Friday. He added that a provision will be introduced to prevent these goods from remaining in Poland; they are not withdrawn from transit.
We will start the passage through Poland of those goods, which are in the annex to the regulation, from Friday midnight. This time, until this moment, is necessary to issue two regulations of the Minister of Finance and to update my regulation. We are introducing electronic seals and the SENT system for these goods. This will be the basis for amending my regulation
he said.
SENT is an ICT system that controls the transportation and turnover of goods starting and ending in the territory of Poland and outside the territory of Poland.
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Source: wPolityce